# SmokedMeat

6 Hacker News commenters recommended SmokedMeat and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Open-source tool, like Metasploit for CI/CD, that people recommend for surfacing hidden threats and teaching how to defend pipelines.

## Why people recommend it

- Helps defenders learn how to defend (2 comments): "a killer project that's very needed to accelerate the learning of how to defend against" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780781)) "great to see more tools to help defenders!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47780629))
- Demonstrates how easily pipelines get exploited (2 comments): "This might drive the point home just how easy it is to exploit this stuff." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47782797)) "That's exactly something the tool demonstrates very well." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47804706))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Burp Suite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/burp-suite.md): 9 recommend
- [Strix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/strix.md): 9 recommend
- [Deadend CLI](https://hackerapproved.com/p/deadend-cli.md): 6 recommend
- [ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zap.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "SmokedMeat", https://hackerapproved.com/p/smokedmeat/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).